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<FONT color="green">001</FONT>    // Copyright 2008 Regents of the University of California.  May be used <a name="line.1"></a>
<FONT color="green">002</FONT>    // under the terms of the revised BSD license.  See LICENSING for details.<a name="line.2"></a>
<FONT color="green">003</FONT>    package org.joe_e.array;<a name="line.3"></a>
<FONT color="green">004</FONT>    <a name="line.4"></a>
<FONT color="green">005</FONT>    /**<a name="line.5"></a>
<FONT color="green">006</FONT>     * A builder of ConstArrays.  Each type of ConstArray has a nested class that<a name="line.6"></a>
<FONT color="green">007</FONT>     * implements this interface, e.g. &lt;code&gt;ConstArray.Builder&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.7"></a>
<FONT color="green">008</FONT>     * <a name="line.8"></a>
<FONT color="green">009</FONT>     * @author Adrian Mettler<a name="line.9"></a>
<FONT color="green">010</FONT>     *<a name="line.10"></a>
<FONT color="green">011</FONT>     * @param &lt;E&gt; the component type of the Array to build<a name="line.11"></a>
<FONT color="green">012</FONT>     */<a name="line.12"></a>
<FONT color="green">013</FONT>    public interface ArrayBuilder&lt;E&gt; {<a name="line.13"></a>
<FONT color="green">014</FONT>        /** <a name="line.14"></a>
<FONT color="green">015</FONT>         * Appends an element to the Array<a name="line.15"></a>
<FONT color="green">016</FONT>         * @param element the element to append<a name="line.16"></a>
<FONT color="green">017</FONT>         */<a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT>        void append(E element);<a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT>    <a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT>        /** <a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT>         * Appends all elements from a Java array to the Array<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT>         * @param elements the element to append<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT>         */<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT>        void append(E[] elements);<a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT>    <a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT>        /** <a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT>         * Appends a range of elements from a Java array to the Array<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT>         * @param elements the source array<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT>         * @param off   the index of the first element to append<a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT>         * @param len   the number of elements to append<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT>         */<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT>        void append(E[] elements, int off, int len);<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT>        <a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT>        /** <a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT>         * Gets the current number of elements in the Array<a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT>         * @return the number of elements that have been appended<a name="line.36"></a>
<FONT color="green">037</FONT>         */<a name="line.37"></a>
<FONT color="green">038</FONT>        int length();<a name="line.38"></a>
<FONT color="green">039</FONT>        <a name="line.39"></a>
<FONT color="green">040</FONT>        /**<a name="line.40"></a>
<FONT color="green">041</FONT>         * Create a snapshot of the current content.<a name="line.41"></a>
<FONT color="green">042</FONT>         * @return a &lt;code&gt;ConstArray&lt;E&gt;&lt;/code&gt; containing the elements written<a name="line.42"></a>
<FONT color="green">043</FONT>         *         so far<a name="line.43"></a>
<FONT color="green">044</FONT>         */<a name="line.44"></a>
<FONT color="green">045</FONT>        ConstArray&lt;E&gt; snapshot();<a name="line.45"></a>
<FONT color="green">046</FONT>    }<a name="line.46"></a>




























































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